This report shows the 2012 top students in each HSC subject, along with their ranking as assigned by the NSW Education Standards Authority.
Rankings are calculated from student HSC marks in the subject, or, where this results in a tie, from the average of the students' examination and assessment marks.
Students must achieve a band 6 or band E4 result in the relevant subject to appear in this list.
The number of top achievers reported varies from 5 to 20, according to the number of candidates taking each subject.
| 451 | Indonesian Beginners | Lee, Jane | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 452 | Indonesian Beginners | Santoso, Cathleen | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 453 | Indonesian Beginners | Latif, Ervino | 3 | Glenwood High School | Glenwood |
| 454 | Indonesian Beginners | O'Sullivan, Jessica | 4 | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney |
| 455 | Indonesian Beginners | Yap, Jing Rong | 5 | Glenwood High School | Glenwood |
| 456 | Indonesian Continuers | Kim, Carol | 1 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 457 | Indonesian Continuers | Wu, Suzanne | 2 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 458 | Indonesian Continuers | Ling, Alexander | 3 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 459 | Indonesian Continuers | Leung, Vanessa | 4 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 460 | Indonesian Continuers | Ecarma, Denisa | 5 | Parramatta High School | Parramatta |
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| 461 | Indonesian Extension | Lim, Samantha | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 462 | Indonesian Extension | Sunito, Samuel | 2 | The Scots College | Bellevue Hill |
| 463 | Indonesian Extension | Kim, Carol | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 464 | Indonesian Extension | Wu, Suzanne | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 465 | Indonesian Extension | Horwitz, David | 5 | The Scots College | Bellevue Hill |
| 466 | Industrial Technology | Peachey, Aaron James | 1 | Woolooware High School | Woolooware |
| 467 | Industrial Technology | Begg, Simon Christopher | 2 | Pennant Hills High School | Pennant Hills |
| 468 | Industrial Technology | Carroll, Wade | 3 | Kiama High School | Kiama |
| 469 | Industrial Technology | Davies, Deinyon | 4 | Oxford Falls Grammar School | Oxford Falls |
| 470 | Industrial Technology | Bremner, Thomas Reid McLeod | 5 | Chatswood High School | Chatswood |
| 471 | Industrial Technology | Wall, Scott Thomas | 6 | Woolooware High School | Woolooware |
| 472 | Industrial Technology | Blanch, Mitchell Wayne | 7 | Bulahdelah Central School | Bulahdelah |
| 473 | Industrial Technology | Bowen, Zachary | 8 | St John Bosco College | Engadine |
| 474 | Industrial Technology | Fisher, Anthony Nicholas | 8 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 475 | Industrial Technology | Donald, Silas Deon | 10 | Meadowbank Education Trust School | Sydney Olympic Park |
| 476 | Industrial Technology | Fairweather, Blythe | 10 | Edmund Rice College | West Wollongong |
| 477 | Industrial Technology | Murray, Mathew | 10 | Marist College Kogarah | Bexley |
| 478 | Information Processes and Technology | Yeoh, Sean | 1 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 479 | Information Processes and Technology | Zhou, Thomas | 2 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 480 | Information Processes and Technology | Cornish, Alex | 3 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 481 | Information Processes and Technology | Field, Lewis | 4 | St Gregorys College Campbelltown | Gregory Hills |
| 482 | Information Processes and Technology | Zuber, Jack William | 5 | Kirrawee High School | Kirrawee |
| 483 | Information Processes and Technology | Chang, Edward Hoi-Fan | 6 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 484 | Information Processes and Technology | Shao, Ming | 7 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 485 | Information Processes and Technology | Zhai, Michael | 8 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 486 | Information Processes and Technology | Xu, Tony Han | 9 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 487 | Information Processes and Technology | Luo, John Ho | 10 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 488 | Information Technology Examination | Skelton, Jack Shield | 1 | Camden Haven High School Distance Education Centre | Laurieton |
| 489 | Information Technology Examination | Taylor, Jay | 2 | Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus | Glebe |
| 490 | Information Technology Examination | Byrne, Nicholas | 3 | Xavier College | Llandilo |
| 491 | Information Technology Examination | Wong, Julia Wai-Yan | 3 | Sydney Institute Sutherland College Loftus Campus | Loftus |
| 492 | Information Technology Examination | Karagiannis, Evan George | 5 | Trinity Grammar School | Summer Hill |
| 493 | Information Technology Examination | Pirillo, Alec | 6 | John Edmondson High School | Horningsea Park |
| 494 | Information Technology Examination | Laycock, Joseph | 7 | Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus | Glebe |
| 495 | Information Technology Examination | Pocock, Jarred Dean | 8 | Kooringal High School | Kooringal |
| 496 | Information Technology Examination | Turner, Luke Stephen | 9 | Macintyre High School | Inverell |
| 497 | Information Technology Examination | Lee, Rebecca | 10 | Beverly Hills Girls High School | Beverly Hills |
| 498 | Information Technology Examination | Perram, Benjamin Lee | 10 | Sydney Institute Sutherland College Loftus Campus | Loftus |
| 499 | Italian Beginners | Lucchitti, Anne-Louise | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 500 | Italian Beginners | Zhang, Elaine Yi | 1 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |